Toy



Jan. 26 1926. 1,570,698

- A. E. MOORHEAD TOY Filed Jan; 12,. 1922 WI TNESS INVENTOR fli- . ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED" STATES ALBERT E. MOORHEAD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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' Application filed January 12, 1922. Serial No. 528,721.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. Moon- HEAD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful T'oy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices and more particularly to simple toys.

It is an object of the invention to provide an extremely simple, inexpensive and substantial toy adapted to be utilized as a barrier when placed in any suitable position upon a plane. orother surface so as to be impinged by a traveling object which would be recoiled or thrown back by the toy.

A further object of the invention is to 7 provide a device consisting of a few and simple parts that may be readily renewed in case of damage or wear.

One of the important objects of the invention is to provide a toy that may be readily positioned, as desired, so that there may be propelled or impelled toward it any suitable object or other toy which, when impinging upon the placed article, will be thrown back thereby and caused to divert its path of travel or to be given a reaction in a direction toward some other object. For instance, it is an object to provide a toy comprising resilient barrier means toward which there may be. thrownv a ball which, when impinging against the resilient barrier, will be thrown backwardly toward the player or at an angle from the player toward any object or other objects, such for instance, as a set of ten or other pins, or for instance, thrown back toward a toy soldier.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred form of the invention, which is illustratedin the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said drawings and description, as variations may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Figure 1- is a front elevation of the toy in erected position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the toy.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a modified form of the attaching and tensioning means,

The invention in its preferred embodiment, comprises a suitable supporting means appropriately attached to which is a resilient barrier means, the whole being so constructed and arranged as to be disposed conveniently in such position that the resilient barriers will be exposed to impingement.

The form of the device of my invention, as shown, includes a substantial supporting means, which may consist of a pair of sufficiently heavy supports or anchors. Such an anchor may comprise an appropriately designed base portion 2, projecting up from one corner of which may be a post or 001- umn 3, which is shown in Fig. 1, as having a brace 4. To secure the desired weight, the base 2 of a support may be provided with parts of suitable ornamentation to represent, for instance, a stump or a rock, as at 5. The idea is to provide suflicient weight in each of the supports 2 to make it stable. This also may be secured by extending rearwardly a foot portion, as at 6, Fig. 2.

While I have shown independent and so spaced supports 2, they may be connected either integrally or joined rigidly, as by a back brace 7, consisting of a stout bar or strip, preferably curved rearwardly from the front of the. toy. The ends of the bracing member 7 may be suitably attached to the bases 2, either permanently or detachably.

To attain the purpose of causing the recoil of traveling objects moving toward the toy, a barrier means is provided and which is connected preferably at its ends to the supporting means. Such barrier means may consist of a flexible and resilient structure, which may be sufiiciently tensioned by the connection. thereof with the supports. As shown, the barrier means consists of a plurality of elastic pieces or bands 10, whose ends are attached to fastening pieces 11, the remote ends of which are secured to the upstanding portions of the bases 2. A series of the elastic bands 10, is provided in a vertical plane and thus form a fence or rail like part disposed across the path of the traveling object projected toward the toy.

A simple and suitable form of tension regulating means is shown in Fig. 3, as comprising a piece of cord 11, having a plurality of loops 12. The cord 11 is passed through a respective aperture 13 in the post 3 and a peg, nail or other simple key-forming member 14 may be passed into the loop 12 which is adjacent the outermost face of the post 3.

It is to be understood that I am not limited to the precise character of the barrier form of means here shown as various other forms of suitable barrier construction may be used.

From the above it will be seen that the toy consists of an extremely simple and inexpensive. device that may be readily arranged on a floor or table with the barrier means in an upright position so as to be struck by a traveling article which will be recoiled during the play.

What is claimed is:

1. A toy including a pair of spaced supports, a back brace connecting the supports, and tensioned elastic barrier means connected to said supports and arranged in front of the back brace.

2. A toy including a pair of spaced supports. a back brace connecting the supports, and tensioned barrier means connected to said supports and arranged in front of the back brace; said means consisting of a series of flexible and resilient elements for recoiling an impinging object 3. A portable elastic barrier adapted to be set on the floor to rebound horizontally an object travelling over the floor comprising anchors adapted to rest on the floor and elastic members interposed between, and connected to said anchors.

l. A portable rebound device comprising a pair of spaced supports adapted to be placed at will on the floor, means for holding said supports in spaced relation and an elastic barrier arranged between said supports in position to be struck by an object travelling over the fioor whereby the object is caused to rebound horizontally and travel backward over the fioor.

5. A toy comprising a pair of anchors having large, plane bases adapted to be placed at will on. and to rest on a plane surface and a tensioned elastic barrier connected to, and interposed between said anchors and positioned to rebound horizon- ;ally an object travelling over the said surace.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT E. MO ORHEAD. 

